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Missouri abortion waiting period in effect

Missouri State Capitol.
Missouri State Capitol.

By AP/KWMU

Jefferson City, MO. – Missouri women now will have to wait a full day after consulting their doctors before they can have abortions.

A federal judge today allowed a 24-hour abortion waiting period contained in a 2003 law to take effect.

But Judge Scott Wright continued to bar a part of the law mandating what abortion physicians must discuss with their patients.

The revised preliminary injunction carries out the directives of a federal appeals panel ruling from two weeks ago.

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